Archbishop Romero was assassinated "one day after a sermon in which he had called on Salvadoran soldiers, as Christians, to obey God's higher order and to stop carrying out the government's repression and violations of basic human rights." [Wikipedia]
Oscar Romero was shot while saying Mass on March 24, 1980.
Oscar Romero was shot during the Consecration of a Mass he was saying at a church in/near San Salvador, El Salvador.
Oscar Romero was shot during the consecration at a Mass he was saying on March 24, 1980.
On May 11, 1919, at the age of one, Óscar Romero was baptized into the Catholic Church.
Yes, he died almost instantly after being shot.
Oscar Romero was from El Salvador.Archbishop Oscar Romero lived in saint Tropez.
He was Catholic.
Oscar Romero was elevated to archbishop on February 23, 1977.
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador was shot during Mass because he preached nonviolence and the end to government cruelty and torturing of citizens. He preached against the government and therefore was shot for it.
Oscar Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980, at the age of 62.
Oscar Romero was a priest and bishop and was never married.
Yes, Oscar Romero had five siblings. He was the second of seven children in his family.